Episode 38: Laura Caton - Part 2

Life After MLM

Roberta Blevins

Society & Culture, Education

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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When Laura found herself pregnant with her 4th baby, in the middle of the Covid pandemic, she worried that her Mary Kay business may have been hurting more than it was helping. She took a long look at the numbers with her husband, and realized that she "never saw a true profit" from her 5 years in the "business". After a stress induced rash and severely swollen feet, Laura had "the talk" and decided to make a life change, another unexpected silver lining of the pandemic. Show Notes About the 99% Failure Rate - https://www.pinktruth.com/2019/08/08/about-the-99-failure-rate/ Top 10 Reasons to NOT Do Mary Kay - http://www.pinktruth.com/mary-kay-facts/top-10-reasons-to-not-do-mary-kay/ Finance Guy Mary Kay Review - https://finance-guy.tumblr.com/post/161393409877/mary-kay-review MARY KAY COSMETICS EARNINGS REPRESENTATIONS - http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2012/12/mary-kay-cosmetics-earnings-representations/ Mary Kay Canada IDS - https://www.marykay.ca/en-ca/pages/earnings-representation Mary Kay Review – Don’t Join Before Reading This - https://www.mlmnewsreport.com/mary-kay-review/ MARY KAY OFF-ROADS INTO DECEPTIVE INCOME CLAIMS - https://www.truthinadvertising.org/mary-kay-off-roads-into-deceptive-income-claims/ LuLaRoe allegedly pressured saleswomen to sell their breast milk so they could buy more inventory - https://hellogiggles.com/news/lularoe-saleswomen-sell-breast-milk-inventory/ Ponzinomics by Robert L. FitzPatrick - https://amzn.to/3q16oJb How can you help? Report false income and health claims here: https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/ Or go to: https://www.truthinadvertising.org You can also report to your state Attorney General's office! https://www.naag.org/find-my-ag/ Not in the U.S.? Go here: https://www.ftc.gov/policy/international/competition-consumer-protection-authorities-worldwide Support the Podcast! Buy me a Taco and leave me a note! 🌮💖 - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/robertablevins Become a monthly supporter for as little as $.99! https://anchor.fm/roberta-blevins/support Follow me on TikTok for Anti MLM content, education, and humor! - https://www.tiktok.com/@bertalikewhoa Follow us on Instagram for visual show notes, FAQ, and updates! - https://www.instagram.com/lifeaftermlmpodcast/ Like us on Facebook and join our show fan page to jump in on the conversation! - https://www.facebook.com/lifeaftermlmpodcast Find me on CLUBHOUSE at @therealrobertablevins *Some links may be affiliate links. When you purchase things from these links, I get a small commission that I use to buy us tacos. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/roberta-blevins/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/roberta-blevins/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.6	stigma of failure in an industry designed for you to fail.
0:44.0	How is it that one episode later we have 98,000 downloads and 48.9,000
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1:04.0	Oh my God, you guys,
1:10.0	we grew by 10,000 in like a day and a half.
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1:17.1	Also, my biggest, biggest apologies
1:21.0	for not getting this episode out on Monday. I really wanted to. I wasn't able to. It's
1:27.9	Wednesday. I apologize. We had a lot of stuff happen this week. I was in this alone way more than expected
1:36.3	And I've been just really busy and it's summer and I'm just trying to cram it all in
1:43.0	Thanks I'm just trying to cram it all in. Hank just woke up and he's licking his paw and I think you can probably hear it in the background
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